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/’•* Uv:tsd States cf Aweru'Oy in % a yrjs nf'mkiedy That the circuit court of the county of Walhingtoa, in the territory of Columbia, fhall have power to j rnceed in al! common law and chancery caufes which noware, * t/>r Hereafter (had be inllituced before it, m which either of the mnics re fide without the faid territory, in the fame w&y that .4*on-refidcnts are proceeded againfl: in the general court or in the court of chancery in the Hate of Maryland. Sec/ 4. And be it further . tnullef That the circuit court cf the County of Alexandria, in the diHrift of Columbia, fhall have power to proceed in ail common law and chancery caufes which now are, or here after (ball be inftituted before ir, in which either of the parties ■are uon-refidents of the faid diftrift of Columbia, in the fame way, and under the fame regulations obferved by the dif trift court or by the high court of chancery in Virginia, in pro ceedings againlt non-refidents. Sec. j. And be it further piaffed. That the courts for the counties of Alexandria and Wafhington, fhall hereafter be holden at the periods following, to wit:—For the county of A iexandria, on the fourth Mon 'day of June and November, and for the county of Wafliing ton, on the fourth Monday of July and December, in each year; and all procefs heretofore ifimed from the offices of the faid courts and not yet returned, {hall be returnable to the firll day of tire feffions of the faid courts, refpeftively, and all caufes now depending in the fame fhall Hand adjourned and continued over to the next fef fions of the faid courts, as eftablifhed by this aft. And the faid courts are hereby in veiled with the fame power of holding adjourned feHions that are exercifed by the courts of Maryland. Sec. 4. And he it further enactedy That no capias adf at is - faciendum fhall hereafter iflue on any judgment rendered by a fmgle magiHrate, or in any cafe where the judgment, cxclufive of colls, fhall not exceed twen ty dollars; but that in Inch cafes, execution fhall be only on the goods and cl&ttels of the deb tor, and fhall ilfue by order of the jullicc who may have taken cognizance of the aftion, from the clerk’s office, and fhall be returnable thereto. That all Juch executions be returnable on the firll Monday in every ruonth ; and that the fame, and alio the warrant to bring the party before the juftice, be di left ed to one of the conHables, whofc duty it fhall be to obey tjfie fame: that each of the faid conllahles fhall give bond, with , one fu/fiftent furety, to be ap proved of by any one of rhe diflnft judges, for the faithful execution of the duties of his office, in the fum cf five hun dred dollars. That the clerk’s fees for iffiuing and filling the return of every ftich execution, £hal) he twenty-five cents ; the conftable’s fe es for return and fervice, fh.})l be fifty cents; and th&s a ccmmiffiion of eight per cent, be aihwed the rn.'ftaoje for every fum thereon by him levied. Sec, 5. And he it further enaßei) That fo much of the original aft to which this is a further fupplcmcnt, as Confines the jurifdiftion of the courts of this territory to cafes between parties who are inhabitants of, or rcfiJcnts within the fame, final 1 not be con ft rued to extend to any cafe where, by the laws of Maryland and Virginia, ref peftively, attachments may iltue toaffeft the property of abscond ing debtors, or others having property within the diflrift, and whofe perfons are not anfvvei able to the procefs of the court. Sec. 6. And he it further enactedy That the taxes to be levied in the county of Alex andria, (hall hereafter be affielled by the julbces of the peace of the laid county, and the poor of the town and country parts of the faid county of Alexandria fhall be provided for refpeftive ly, in like manner as the county and corporation courts were au thor! fed to do by the laws of Virginia, as they Hood in force ; within the faid county, on the firll Monday of December, in the year one thoufand eight hundred. Sec. 7. And he it further enactedy That no part of the laws of Virginia or Maryland, declared by an aft ofCongrefs, palled the twenty-feventh day of February, one thoufand eight hundred and one, <f concerning J O the diHrift cf Columbia,” to be in force within the laid dif trift, fhall ever be conflrued fo as to prohibit the owners of Haves to hire them within, or remove them to the faid dillrift, in the lame way as was praftifed prior to the paffiage of the above recited aft. Sec. 8. And he it farther enabled , That fo much of the two afts of Congrefs, the one paHed on the tvyenty-feventh day of February, one thoufand eight hundred and one, entitled “ an aft concerning the diflrift of Columbia the other paHed the third day of March, one thouland eight hundred and one, fupplementary to the aforefaid aft, as provides for the compen fation to be made to certain juHices of the peace thereby created, and for com pen fat ion to jurors attending the courts within faid diHrift, except fo much thereof as relates to their travelling expences attending the fame, (1 jail be, and is here by repealed : And jurors, in ferve in the laid courts, and be fummoned to attend the fame, in like manner as jurors ferve and were fum moned in the courts of Virginia, prior to the pallage ct the above it cited aft. Sec. 9. And he it further enathdy 1 hat ordinary licenfes, retailer s Inenfcs, and hawker’s •and pedlar’s licenfes, fnall be granted by the circuit court of the laid diHrift, in the refpeftive counties, as rhe fame were here tofore granted by the courts of | Maryland and \irgmia, relpec- j tively. And the fcveral judges j of the faid circuit court fhall j have like authority to grant j iuch licenfes in vac alien, as the . t jnfiivcs of tiie c?i;rts fTMnryk ! iaml and Virginia heretofore | polfeflecl i and the money arifing from fuch licenies fhall be ap plied to the life and benefit of the faid counties, refpedively, in fuch manner, and to fuch purpofes, as the jnflices of the levy courts in the fame fhall ! appoint and direct. Sec. io. And he it further enabled, That the mar dial of the diftri<st of Columbia be, and he hereby is authorifed and direct ed, w.ith the approbation of the Prefident of the United States, to can re a good and Sufficient jail to be built within the city of Wafhington, and that a Turn not exceeding eight ilioufand dollars be, and the fame hereby is appropriated io that purpofe, j to he paid out of any unappro priated monies in the treafury. Sec. ii. And be it further enacted , That the corporation of Georgetown, in the difirid of Columbia, lhali have full power and authority to rax any particu lar part or difirid of the town, for paving the fireets, lanes or alleys therein, or for finking wells, or erecting pumps which may appear for the benefit of fuch particular part or diftricSt. Provided that the rare of tax fo to be levied fhall not exceed two dollars per foot front, and that the fame fhall be enforced and colluded in the fame man ner that the taxes which the faid corporation had heretofore been authorifed to lay and colled. Sec. 12. And he it further enacted , That articles infpeded. at one port in the faid difirid fir all not be fubjed to a fecond infpedion at any other port in the faid diftrict. Sec. 13. Andie it further enacted , 1 hat the Prefident of the United States be authorifed to caufc the militia of the ref pedive counties of Wafhington and Alexandria to be formed into regiments, and other corps, conformably, as nearly as may be, to the laws of Maryland and Virginia, as they flood in force to the faid counties, refpedive ly, cn the firfl Monday in De cember, in the year one theu fand eight hundred ; and that he appoint and commifTicn, during pleafure, all fuch officers of the militia of the faid difirid, as he may think proper; that he be authorifed to call them into ler vice, in like manner as the exe cutive of Maryland and Virgi nia were authorifed in the coun ties of Wafhington and Alex andria, refpedively, on the firfl Monday of December, one thoufand eight hundred.*—And that fuch militia, when in actual ftrvice, be entitled to the fame pay and emoluments as the mi litia of the United States, when called out by the Prefident. Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the llcufe of Reprc- Jentatives. Abraham Baldwin, Prefident of the Senate , pro tem. Approved, May 3, iSc2. Thomas Jefferson, Prefdent of the United States. j BLANK DEEDS Of CONVEYANCE, for Jale at this Offce* CSlc her 2, LOUISVILLE, WEDNESDAY October 27, |g 02i fP’ The ir.dij t f ; i. Editors, for feme time f.nj}, p rgm ‘vented the publication cf this Ga zette. 'I hey are new faji reco vering, and hfpe will be able in a few days tojerve their JubfcrL hers regularly. Died, on Sunday morning lall-, Mr. William Sturges, Died, on the Bth inftant, after a Jong and lingering illnels # Mifs Elizabeth Tcung Downer ?ged 9 years and five week% daughter of Mr. John Dow. ner, of this place. Died, on the 13th inflanr, in the 66rh year of her agp* Mrs. Nancy Barron, widow of Mr. Samuel Barron, deccafed. We have the fatisfaftion to inform-our readers, that two thouland copies of the Digeft of the Laws of this Bate, as compiled by Horatio Marbury and William H. Crawford, Ef* quires, and fanftioned by tho Lcginature, have been printed by Me firs. Seymour, Wool hopter & Stcbbins, of Savan nah, and a confidcrable number of them already forwarded to this place. The whole will be here by the fir ft of the next month. GEORGIA. By his Excellency Josiati Tatt nall, jtin. Governor and Commander in Chief of' the Army and Navy cf this fate? and cf the Militia thereof, A PROCLAMATION. , HAVING arranged and cafh up the votes of fuch coun ties as have made return of tnc eleftions, held on the fourth day of Oftober irftant, for per rons to reprefent this Bate in the Houfe of ofthe United States, agreeably to aa aft of the General Aflembly, patted the fixteenth of June, 4 • J , eighteen hundred and twe —and it appearing that John Milledge* David Meriwether, Peter Ear \y and Samuel Hammond, Efq’rs. have the higheft number ofvotes. I have thought fit ro ifilie this my proclamation, notifying the fame, in order that the laid John Milledge, David Meri wether, Peter Early, ard Sa muel Hammond,.may fignif/ the acceptance or refufal of their Laid appointments, and adduce the requifites by law required. Given under my hahd, and the Great Seal of theilate, at. the State Hcufc, in Louifville, this twenty fix th day of Cftcber, in the year of our Lord on c thoufand eight liundred and two, and or the Independ ence of the United States cf America the twenty fevenih. Josl am Tattnall, jun. By the Governor > Horatio Mareury, Secretary of fate. God lave IIIC